Maize (corn) — Yield in Spain
Spain: Maize (corn) — Yield was 12,115 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — yield in Spain is 12,115 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Spain peaked at 12,833 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2,141 kg/ha, in 1962.
Spain ranks 8th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,388 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,141 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1963 | 2,404 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1964 | 2,339 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 2,388 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 2,394 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 2,501 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 2,817 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1969 | 3,049 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1970 | 3,428 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1971 | 3,783 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1972 | 3,602 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 3,899 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1974 | 3,981 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 3,699 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1976 | 3,579 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 4,482 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1978 | 4,442 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 4,739 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 5,090 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1981 | 5,031 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 5,570 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1983 | 5,092 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1984 | 5,746 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1985 | 6,488 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1986 | 6,534 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 6,561 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 6,432 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 6,304 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 6,426 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 6,669 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 7,017 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 6,174 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1994 | 6,857 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1995 | 7,246 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 8,531 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1997 | 9,150 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 9,473 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 9,481 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 9,216 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 9,721 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 9,514 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 9,041 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 10,069 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2005 | 9,610 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 9,744 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 10,003 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 9,906 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 10,075 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 10,555 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 11,374 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 10,916 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 11,044 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 11,411 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 11,461 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 11,327 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 11,317 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 11,920 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 11,727 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 12,258 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 12,833 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 11,423 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2023 | 11,819 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 12,115 kg/ha | +2.5% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 12,115 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 7,652 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Spain's 12,115 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 7,224 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,491 kg/ha | 2,141 kg/ha | 3,049 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,963 kg/ha | 3,428 kg/ha | 4,739 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,885 kg/ha | 5,031 kg/ha | 6,561 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,702 kg/ha | 6,174 kg/ha | 9,481 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,690 kg/ha | 9,041 kg/ha | 10,075 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,305 kg/ha | 10,555 kg/ha | 11,920 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,090 kg/ha | 11,423 kg/ha | 12,833 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 5 Israel 15,692 kg/ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 5,107 kg/ha compare
- 6 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4,974 kg/ha compare
- 6 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13,344 kg/ha compare
- 7 New Caledonia 12,449 kg/ha compare
- 7 Melanesia 4,499 kg/ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,339 kg/ha compare
- 9 Belgium-Luxembourg 12,108 kg/ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3,932 kg/ha compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,528 kg/ha compare
- 10 Uzbekistan 11,915 kg/ha compare
- 11 Mauritius 11,890 kg/ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 2,064 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Spain?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Spain was 12,115 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 12,833 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,141 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Spain rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Spain ranks 8th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.